2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列练习题（6）及答案 CIn the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream, either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.38. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?A. She was busy yet happy with her family life. B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife. D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.39.What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Failure is the mother of success. B. Little by little ,one goes far.C. Every coin has two sides. D. Well begun ,half done.40.Which of the following can best describe the author ?A. Caring and determine. B. Honest and responsible.C. Ambitious and sensitive D. Innocent and single-minded.【参考答案】3640、CDABA Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions（排放）. Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are granted（授予）the standard, they can use a logo（标识）in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said. 64Whats the main idea of the passage?ABusinesses are finding ways to send their message to the shoppers.BCompanies will soon get information about cutting carbon emissions.CFirms are making efforts to encourage customers to keep goods at home.DFirms are urged to cut carbon emissions by shoppers environmental awareness.65The underlined word “inform” in Paragraph 2 probably means“ ”.Aaffect Bchange Cdisturb Dreject66According to Harry Morrison, businesses .Awill benefit from cutting carbon emissionsBshould buy carbon allowances for shoppersCare required to make up for their carbon emissionsDhave encouraged shoppers to take their custom elsewhere67 We can learn from the passage that businesses will .Ahave a strong desire to reduce costsBuse the same logo in their marketingCgain advantages by taking early actionDattract more shoppers by storing goods分析解读：65. 很多考生认为时今年和去年的购买对于环境的考虑发生了变化，从而选择了B项，实际这是由于没有仔细分析，仅从字面意思了解得出的错误结论。如果考生把这一段仔细解读一下，在理解的前提下，再找一下关键词汇，例如：aware of , effect 等，就会觉得affect这个选项好了。67. 本题有不少考生选择了A项，因为他们觉得既然减排对企业有利，那么一些企业必然会有很大的愿望减排。实际本篇文章的第一句就表明了减排对企业是一个困难的时间，因此企业开始应该是没有意愿减排的，本文是来描述减排的好处，给企业以提醒的，因此选C。阅读理解AI am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.Several weeks ago，I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines.I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he should conc